UFC 253 making a bet: Bettors favoring defending champion in historical Adesanya-Costa main event
Oddsmakers and bettors are on the identical web page with regards to the showdown between undefeated middleweights Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa inside the UFC 253 predominant occasion.
even though Costa hasn’t misplaced, the making a bet market expects him to head down Saturday.
Adesanya, the middleweight champion, is a large favored in the foremost event (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). he's -182 to overcome Costa, who's +150 at BetMGM.
Bettors aren’t scared off by the fee.
Israel Adesanya is favored to win
Adesanya is getting extra bets, but no longer by way of a good deal. he's at 52 percent of tickets, whilst Costa is at 48 percentage. there may be a significant discrepancy in the amount of money wager on each fighter.
At BetMGM, 77.7 percent of the cash bet is on Adesanya. The extensive gap may be defined with the aid of bettors having to bet greater if they’re laying a massive variety, however it also usually suggests the larger bettors are on that side.
This combat will get plenty of interest due to the uniqueness of each fighters being undefeated. It’s simply the second time in UFC history that a champion and a challenger both had best facts once they met. the opposite time became 2014, when 9-0 Ronda Rousey beat 7-0 Sara McMann to preserve her women’s bantamweight title.
Yahoo sports’ Kevin Iole is in settlement with the residence and most of the people of bettors. He took Adesanya in his pre-fight choices.
Underdog getting the action in co-main event
The co-foremost occasion is getting the alternative betting action.
Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz face off for Jon Jones’ light heavyweight name. Blachowicz, who followed a 1-4 stretch between 2015 and 2017 by winning seven of eight, is a huge underdog at +230. Reyes is -286.
Bettors are looking to rating massive with the underdog. Blachowicz bets accounted for 57.5 percentage of tickets on the combat and sixty nine.eight percentage of the manage as of Friday at BetMGM.
Bettors are banking on one underdog and one preferred within the marquee fights on Saturday. both way, the cardboard can be a massive one for UFC.
